@tej Cutting a perfect thread by hand that will be perpendicular enough to run as a spindle moulder will be hard. It’s possible to set up on a lathe and wind in by hand if you have the correct lathe a...

You could drill a hole into a rectangular piece of wood, then cut it through the length to give two pieces each with a semi circle. Use this as a clamping guide to hold the tube in a vice. With a bit ...

Hi Cheesewhisk, I live just outside of York although I'm originally from the badlands(lancashire) 😉 Yep I adore Yorkshire. I don't think I'd ever leave here. Good to know others with the same...

Thanks TV1. 😀 Your words are really encouraging and I can see your advice is really sound about following it all step by step and walking away to re-evaluate it when it goes wrong. I'm de...

The bit that slides up and down is some kind of plastic - I trimmed some of it so that it could slide up a bit more - I’ll take some pics later.

I have a cheapo Titan bandsaw from ScrewFix - added a decent blade and did a bit of surgery on the bit that adjusts the height of cut - can now do just over 90mm. Also watched a couple of YouTube vi...

Hi Tej, Thanks for the welcome and advice. It's going to be a fun journey. 😀

Has anyone a good idea for clamping said tube hard enough to tap the thread inside of it without distorting the tube? @tej Not sure but have you got a wooden dowel you can put inside so it will enabl...

Hi Guys Hankies at the ready as I hit my first problem... Hope you like Part 7 cheers Steve Attachment : PART 7.m4v

Nice save Steve!!! (Did you borrow that extraction tool from your dentist?). Nothing fundamental broken. As you say, frustrating, but all part of the "fun"!

I’ve never seen a stretch rubber inlay before

@steveadams. You did well to fix that Steve. I was surprised how easily it came out. 👍 🎸🎶🙏🙂

So, there we are for now, I’ll add more as I progress and post a full build video at the end 🙂 @tej Yep, you’re really getting it together now, looking good. It’s exciting watching people d...

Looking good @tej can't wait to see your build as it unfolds.

Hi @hursty Welcome to the guitar building world. I'm sure you're going to have fun trying. Here is a link to a deal at Yandles for the BS250 Cheers, Russ 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Use a hand saw if you’re only making one guitar

@hursty Hey Hursty, welcome to the forum and congrats on buying your first Bailey Bandsman guitar kit. You will find loads of help here in the forum so whenever you run into problems or concerns, just...

Cheers Boo 👍

I've no experience of wood working at all so this could be a disaster or a new love. I was there, many years ago. When you say "no" experience - I did have experience of wood working, but all of it h...

Welcome @hursty I used to live in Leeds many moons ago, my god I love Yorkshire. Anyways, I'm right there with you on the no experience, or at least nothing since GCSE CDT, of course this all shows wi...